EventSource

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

For 2020, couples and vendors alike have adjusted by embracing micro wedding and elopements , reduced numbers, postponements and a whole lot of patience. We executed over 30 events in 2020 and not one of our clients felt that they missed out. When looking at potential venues, ask what their current policies are around COVID-19.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Welcome to another episode of #EventIcons, and this time around we’re talking 2020 event tech trends! So now it’s time for the 2020 event tech trends to shine! And once you’re done, feel free to press play and join us on this 2020 event tech trends focused conversation! ” 2020 Event Tech Trends: 5G.

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Prestige Events Magazine

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Paje Consultancy Ltd are delighted to announce they have been awarded the contract to provide a full marketing, membership and enquiry service to the prestigious Westminster Venue Collection (WVC) from 1 st November 2021.

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 31, 2021

The Meetings Industry Association has updated its contract and cancellation guidance to help mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on future bookings and ensure all parties are protected. To download the latest contract guideline visit [link].

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GEVME

MAY 15, 2020

And when it comes to organizing online events in 2020, apart from event planning skills, it requires the knowledge of online event management tools and technology. What is Event Management Software in 2020? Choose From the TOP Online Event Management Tools in 2020. Tripleseat. Conclusion.

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Event Farm

MARCH 24, 2021

Since March 2020, this whole pandemic period has been a waiting game. You have ensured your venue is “safe” with appropriate ventilation and distancing built-in to your site plan. You have carefully reviewed your vendors’ contracts and understand your liability. and get an understanding of their willingness to attend. . #2.

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Event Industry News

JUNE 18, 2020

It is clear from the recent London Launch Lounge webinar hosted by Sam Gill, that London’s leading venues are now ready to open their doors to events as soon as they are permitted to do so. Christmas 2020. You can view the 50 minute webinar “The Future of Venues” here.

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Guidebook

DECEMBER 30, 2019

With this in mind, here are the top three trends shaping attendee experience in 2020. We saw an increased focus on sustainability within the events industry, and expect that this focus will only continue to increase into 2020. Look for sustainable venues, communication, vendors like food & beverage, and furniture rentals.

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Prestige Events Magazine

APRIL 25, 2022

SWAPPING serving fans for supervising Covid testing, 12-hour shifts to serve key workers and live-streaming church services – these are just a few of the ways in which staff at venues across Newcastle and Gateshead helped their communities during the pandemic lockdowns.

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Event Leadership Institute

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Most event planners want a venue contract in which everybody wins. However, because they’re also accountable to someone—a boss or a client—some are tempted to use negotiation tactics that can catch venue sales representatives off guard. Venues should be on the lookout for certain planner personas that surface before the close.

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 10, 2021

The virtual site tour for Excel London features a series of videos for different venues within the complex. But planners still face an immediate challenge: booking meeting venues while travel remains off the table for many organizations and destinations. We don’t always have the time or budget to look at all the venues.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 1, 2024

This will be the city’s 11th time hosting the Super Bowl, tying it with Miami, which hosted Super Bowl LIV at Hard Rock Stadium in 2020 for its 11th time. This will also be the eighth time the Superdome has hosted the Super Bowl, a record for most Super Bowls hosted in a stadium, marking a huge milestone for the venue in multiple ways.

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Event Industry News

JUNE 21, 2022

Following recent contract wins at three of the UK’s leading event venues, audio-visual and entertainment technology company Anna Valley has promoted Dan Orchard to the role of venue director. Over the last eighteen months, Anna Valley has established itself as a significant service provider to the UK’s venue sector.

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Event Industry News

MAY 15, 2020

Venue Search London has some great up-to-date insights into London corporate event buyers’ sentiment around their event plans for the Autumn and Christmas seasons. A few notes on the Survey method: * Undertaken via email to past Show visitors and recent Venue Search London enquirers. * 134 corporate buyers in the results pool.

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Prestige Events Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Our enquiry levels are the same as they were in the early part of March 2020 and only 20% short of what there were at this time in 2019,” says Michael Begley, CEO of venuedirectory.com. The recruitment challenges that venues are facing also mean they may not be as nimble as they’d like to be in responding to RFPs.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 5, 2022

a digital agency that developed its own streaming platform, BeSpeake, from the ground up in 2020 to serve clients who were scrambling to achieve their goals. “We She suggests not signing long-term contracts “because you don’t know what is going to happen.”. Then omicron and the culture wars hit. “We

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 11, 2022

First, you negotiated your way out of every contract with minimal exit fees, then for a split second you converted everything to hybrid (with no additional budget), and then transitioned from hybrid to virtual, where we thankfully stayed for a red-hot minute. Melissa Park. Increasing Efforts on Client Education.

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EventMB

JUNE 22, 2022

With many meeting planners and event organizers doubling up their bookings to compensate for postponed events from 2021 (and even 2020), it’s getting harder and harder to find hotel rooms and meeting spaces for groups both large and small. It’s at times like these that advanced search criteria can be crucial for finding the right venue.

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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 14, 2020

EventBooking was founded 1999 by John Platillero, who saw the need for a way for venues to book and manage events online. His vision was a simple but powerful one—to create a tool for venue professionals to access, manage, and share event information from anywhere in real time. Not a novel concept today, but it was for the late 1990s.

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Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Before 2020, I was designing and facilitating around a dozen in-person meetings and conferences a year. ” — Jessica Connolly , Head of Global Events, Meltwater The above program was interspersed with interesting visits to venues and fun activities (e.g. I’m looking back on 2023. 2023 in review I slowed down in 2023.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

The wait is over… the 2020 edition of Event Buyers Live (EBL) will take place from November 23-25 at a location to be revealed next month. The change of date will allow event organisers to contract their suppliers more immediately and get their infrastructure in place at a time of year that’s better suited to their event planning.

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SmartMeetings

JUNE 16, 2020

It was deemed “better than nothing,” but if used, it was suggested that this option should accompany a clause in the contract that allows an in-person site inspection at a future date. Based on the in-person site inspection, that clause should allow meetings professionals the option to cancel the contract without penalty.

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Prestige Events Magazine

OCTOBER 12, 2021

According to the Bedfordshire-based venue, other sectors that are proving buoyant and the keenest to return to in-person events include government (and associated bodies); associations; professional services, technology, education and training providers, financial services and construction.

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Event Industry News

MARCH 3, 2021

etc.venues has worked with NHS England to transform its venue at Garfield House, Marble Arch, London into a Covid Vaccination Centre, opening on 8 March. As a result, the company now has more than 70,000 square feet of venue space occupied as Nightingale Courts and a Vaccination Centre.

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Event Industry News

MARCH 31, 2020

Story Events Ltd, organiser of the annual London Christmas Party Show , have announced that in light of the current situation with COVID19, they will be postponing the event, from 12 – 13 May 2020 to the later date o f 28 – 29 July 2020. “As

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MeetingsNet

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Having a conversation with your venue about indoor air quality is a must. A meeting professional’s expertise can go in any number of directions: marketing, adult education, event design, site selection, contracting, event technology … It’s a dynamic role. Here are some resources to help you understand the basics.

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Bizzabo

MARCH 4, 2020

Reach out to all meeting spaces, hotels, and venues. Plan to circulate literature around COVID-19 prevention throughout your venue. February 25, 2020 Today, the City of San Francisco declared a State of Emergency to begin preparations around any future coronavirus outbreaks. March 3, 2020. SaaStrAnnual.com? Our apologies.

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

IBTM today announced that it has signed a new three-year contract with Barcelona Convention Bureau and Fira de Barcelona that will see IBTM World take place in the city up to and including the 2022 edition. December 2020. Areas of interest. Brand Events. Concerts & Tours. Conferences. Exhibitions. Event Tech. Sporting Events.

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Eventmobi

MAY 17, 2023

media, venue); or they could be off-the-wall creative. Event 1: GitHub Universe 2020 GitHub Universe 2020 is a virtual conference that brings together tens of thousands of people to explore the future of software development, and the tools that will help us get there.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

As MPI celebrates its 50th anniversary, it is looking forward to 2027 with a new contract for CEO and president Paul Van Deventer with a focus on advocacy, innovation and education to expand and engage a diverse community. Since April 2020, MPI Foundation has given back more than $1.1

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SmartMeetings

APRIL 17, 2020

MeetingsMeanBiz (@meetingsmeanbiz) April 16, 2020. Conference Care Package (@Confcarepackage) April 16, 2020. NYC & Company (@nycgo_press) April 16, 2020. CVB Chatham County (@PittsboroCVB) April 16, 2020. MeetingsChat. GivingBack. I have also been helping local nonprofits get sponsorship. KeepTheHopeAlive.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 12, 2022

An expanded exposition floor at Mandalay Bay Convention Center was brimming with activity Tuesday as an estimated 10,000 people flowed through hosted buyer appointments, education sessions and nearly 400 booths representing more than 180 countries, venues, technology vendors and suppliers. And almost a third were new since 2021.

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Members of PCMA’s Catalyst community discuss when they might be able to invoke the force majeure clause in contracts for 2021 meetings. We have a 2021 contract in late April in Chicago for which we updated the force majeure clause to include COVID-19 as a specific situation that would allow us to cancel.

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 2, 2022

Music Venue Trust (MVT), the UK charity which represents hundreds of grassroots music venues, has moved to create a more resilient and sustainable service to support the expanding membership of the Music Venues Alliance with the announcement of a number of key staff appointments.

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Event Industry News

MAY 2, 2019

ExWorks offered the client a bespoke, flexible, funding solution in the form of a revolving credit line, to provide working capital for the company’s various contracts to deliver semi-permanent venues for the 2020 Olympic Games, to be held in Tokyo.

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MeetingsNet

MAY 12, 2023

Combined with the firms seeing very little event-insurance business between 2020 and 2022, “those losses reduced the number of companies writing event-cancellation policies while forcing the others to raise their base premiums for events, regardless of their location.”

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The Planner's Lounge

OCTOBER 13, 2022

One of the first major decisions many wedding planners help their clients make is choosing a venue. All wedding planners have a list of their preferred venues, but sometimes your clients are looking for something different. If you find yourself touring new venues, watch out for some of these common red flags. À la carte pricing.

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